Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, of The Robotic Spine Institute of Silicon Valley in Los Gatos, Calif., was reportedly the first spine surgeon on the west coast to implant a Molybdenum-Rhenium rod in a patient during a spinal fusion.
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Medtronic on Jan. 8 acquired Stimgenics, developer of the Differential Target Multiplexed spinal cord stimulation therapy.
Developmental biologist Olivier Pourquié, PhD, identified a cellular segmentation clock-like mechanism in humans that controls spine development, The Harvard Gazette reports.
Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System is building an orthopedic and robotic surgery center, which will open in the summer of 2021, the Record Herald reports.
The FDA cleared 28 orthopedic and spine related devices in December.
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Zimmer Biomet created a new role in its executive structure for Keri Mattox, who will serve as senior vice president of investor relations and chief communications officer.
Sports apparel company Fanatics will move into the former headquarters of Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute.
Ortho-biologics company Royal Biologics launched Magnus, a DMSO-free viable cellular bone allograft, the first of its kind to be DMSO-free.